An Inquiry into the nature and state of hell : shewing ...
A 1727 London theological treatise on hell by the clergyman Tobias Swinden, printed for the bookseller Thomas Astley and held at Princeton. Its pictures are small baroque printer's ornaments: symmetrical bands and cartouches of scrolling acanthus, winged birds, a central medallion face and a flowered urn, cut in woodblock with crisp hatched lines on pale paper. A designer could borrow these as compact vignettes or border strips for classical revival layouts, title pages or heritage packaging.
